Quarter 2 Summative Test 5-1

What is the term used to describe a spin on a planet’s axis?

• Hemisphere

• Revolution

• Apparent Motion

• Rotation

What is the imaginary line from the north pole to the south pole that the Earth spins on?

• Equinox

• Axis

• Hemisphere

• Tides

Which of the following describes the illusion that something in the sky is moving when it’s really the Earth?

• Apparent Motion

• Eclipse

• Phase

• Revolution

What do we call the movement of an object around another due to gravity?

• Hemisphere

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Tides

What is the path an object takes around another object called?

• Axis

• Orbit

• Apparent motion

• Equinox

What is half of a planet referred to as?

• Galaxy

• Dwarf Planet

• Black Hole

• Hemisphere

When there is equal daylight and night, it is called what?

• Solstice

• Eclipse

• Equinox

• Phase

What is it called when there is either maximum daylight or maximum night?

• Equinox

• Eclipse

• Apparent Motion

• Solstice

The changing of how the moon looks from Earth in a regular cycle is known as what?

• Tides

• Eclipse

• Phases (or Lunar Phases)

• Galaxy

What is the blocking of light when one object comes in front of another called?

•  Eclipse

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Tides